who is from pg?

may i know how to breed the hedgehog??
i have a male and a female hedgehog, but i fail to breed them...
last time i did place them together for about one month, but they seems like no interaction...
what happened to them?
who can help me???


This post has been edited by maichalou: Dec 27 2008, 09:42 PM

Life expectancy according to some website said 5 years, possibly more. Females I believe can get fertile 3 times a year. Possibly 4, but the hoglets won't be healthy and you'll also kill the female in the process.

Why do you want to breed them? You cannot house them together for too long. How old are them? If you seriously want to breed them. You need to separate them. Try 1 - 2 months or longer, then put them together. Usually if you wake up around the wee hours you might be able to see the male 'harassing' the female (can be quite noisy). Keep them there for 2 weeks (as recommended by some breeders) then separate them again. Wait for 1 month plus to see kena or not lo. Before you breed them, you should also be prepared with a proper house for the female and the babies, don't be like me caught off guard, lucky my female friendly and don't stress easily or else bye bye to the babies. A very sad sight.

Mine 2 days kena already, not even 48 hours. zzz, now I have lots of trouble taking care of the bunch of hoglets. Hope you consider properly. 2 female reserved, 2 more males to go.

i dun knw how old are them,but i bought them almost one year ago

wat do u mean by 'proper house'

need to prepare anything for tat house?

Usually the hide out place for nursing mum will need to be bigger to accomodate the babies as well, if you can help it, you can get the one with a base at the bottom with an inch high curb (so babies won't wander all over the place). If you can't get one with curb, you can put in tissue papers, the mum will collect it to make a barrier.

Already one year ago? Erm, if assuming you bought the hedgehogs at 2 months old, they are atleast 14 months now. The suitable age to start breeding hedgehogs are at age 6 months to 12 months < as what people say.

Try separating them now for a duration then put them back together. But I'm not sure a year plus virgin hedgehog can still breed ot not. I myself am not familiar with the outcome of the 6 - 12 months start breeding period statement.

This post has been edited by empty_reg: Dec 29 2008, 09:25 AM

hi hi, another newbie here, gonna take a hedgehod...and nw trying all my best to read and do as much research i can, and finish up all the front thread, so many threads ohh....take times but enjoy u guy's sharing haha

erm....wanna ask that, actually how big and tall the cage should be to avoid it escape or maybe "jump" out ? coz i maybe planning to make a cage myself or how~

and ....why feel like not much ppl taking albino de? then wil feels like if i taking albino will be weird jiang


and....for the topic above...so is it will breed anymore after 12 months ^^??

thanks

zoeyhanz: there's alot ppl have albino, dun worry, i oso have 1. haha

cage size... ask the pro. hehe~

Hiyuki : Hows my Kai lui? Har Kau mui mui?? kekeke

@zoeyhanz : Hrm, hedgehogs aren't good jumpers, they are fat and clumsy. Haha. Atleast they're to me. the cage should be atleast 1.5 ft - 2 ft height (just incase they step on their hideout box and climb out). weight and length the bigger the better. Just make a box should be okay already.

The colour is people to people preference de. Albino, all white white kind of no colour to me ma. Hehe

It will breed after age 1 year old. But people say a good time to start breeding is from 6 - 12 months. Any younger will cause female uterus to spoil or something. Too old only breed don't know why can't. Wait other experts or breeders clarify lo.

As a note, breeding is not easy as they need a stress free environment while nursing the hoglets. Cannibalism rates for hedgies are quite high.

Mable the hedgie for adoption. She's grown on me as she's very healthy and quite chubby, but no choice. Aihhh...






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^Aiyo, so cute one. Pity she needs to go for adoption. = (

is she tame btw Reanne?

This post has been edited by michael2wk: Jan 1 2009, 04:42 PM

Does anyone here got feed anything include calcium for hedgehog???
Sometime I saw my hedgehog stand like shaking there.... is it too fatty

I getting 1 problem when bath my hedgehog... his bottom white hair become yellowish hard to wash

This post has been edited by vincent09: Jan 2 2009, 09:03 AM

thanks for advice^^
i gonna go n get a hedgehod next week,so exciting~!!!
haha
but nt sure which type wil get....c our fate ^^
but damn worry if got i suddenly got wat allergy, like blocking us jiang....or it keep bite me or wat....worry worry

hiyuki: can see ur albino pic?

Reanne: the mable is very very cute very chubby!!

Today i bring ma hedgie to the park...
Wahhhh....i didn't know she could run so fast...So cute and sometimes stumble her self...
She usually run away, then comes back...good exercise 4 her...
Before this i just let her roam around my house....

waseh....sounds fun^^
then wil it run away or hilang de?

i pretty afraid bring hedgehod thr n dog cum n attack it....scare scare
but erm...if got ppl besides it, then it's ok hor~ ><

Wherever whenever wha.tever u do with hedgie = please keep an eye on him/her.

They r noctorious little fella, so keep double extra effort to make sure they r still safe.

They r so cute that i dont want to risk them with the walk on the grass, unless i know the grass is safe from pesticide, dogs/cats pee poo, n sorts.

Please take note ya. It's FUN but not HEALTHY for them.

Hahaha i don't know bout ur hedgie,but mine always come back..
I'm not sure y....never train her before...the park have nice grass to run on and no stray dog around..
Yup, but its quite fun. plus the attention from the kids at the park watching a durian run a round..
But today not much people, juz kids playing, so plenty of room to run & run hehe...

i nt yet get my hedgehod
jz wondering....
but dun worry...after i get it,i'll take many attention n b kful many many
if gt question or anything (touch wood) i'll ask here
pls gv helps lor~ n thanks a lot

just came to this thread, and found out Hedgehog's are soo cute!!~~ but how much does it cost to own a hedgehog and to maintain it?

Depends on what you decide to feed it, house it on and in. Not very high maintenance, easier than a glider.

Mable is defensive but can be handled. Tame in a sense she doesn't bite.